The title page of this copy of The Meaning of the Holy Qur’an is signed by Muhammad Ali, who frequently autographed pamphlets and other literature promoting Islam.
In 1959, Nation of Islam (NOI) leader the Honorable Elijah Muhammad made umrah (pilgrimage outside of hajj season) to Mecca, where he acquired this Qur’an, made with wood and mother of pearl.
In the morning some of us will die here but we’ll remember that some of our people learned to fly when the angel of death lent them it’s wings.
That’s when they were truly free.
"Give Him all the glory we depend on Him for everything and He depends on us for nothing. So InshAllah it will not hurt us to remind ourselves everyday what He is doing and it is not ourselves doing."
"But Muslims should be people that call up as well as call out, and I firmly believe that
we will get nothing and nowhere without the joint effort of all people of God and
conscience."
"“Islam,” then, is in danger of becoming a repository for all manner of social injustice. Our holy men (for they are, more often than not, men), our shaykhs, our religious leaders will become instruments of hegemony rather than healing, and we will all suffer the
"Stinginess is sometimes overlooked within our struggling communities. Our economic power must be refocused to promote unity, reject the branding of our oppressor and encourage self sufficiency within our African American communities and throughout the African Diaspora."